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Participation of all urged in AIDS survey

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa's groundbreaking AIDS survey kicked off again this week.

    Olive Shisana, executive director of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), urged all South Africans to participate in the 2004 national HIV and AIDS survey.

    A local newspaper, the Pretoria News, quoted Shisana as saying: "High participation in the study will increase the country's understanding of HIV/AIDS, as well as enable us to tackle the challenges brought by the disease."

    The study is the second in two years, and will help determine the prevalence of the disease. A total of 15,000 households across all races, socioeconomic groups and geographical locations have been selected to participate.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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